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Support Engineer

120k – 160kSan Francisco, CASupport EngineeringOnsite2+ YOE
Summary

Own end-to-end technical support for customers of a human risk security platform, troubleshooting complex issues with logs, APIs, integrations, and SSO. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to resolve problems and scale support operations. Requires 2-5+ years in customer-facing technical roles.

About the role

Key Responsibilities

Customer Issue Resolution

  • Serve as the primary technical escalation point for customer issues.
  • Investigate, reproduce, and resolve platform, integration, and data-related challenges with urgency and ownership.

Technical Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis

  • Analyze logs, APIs, configurations, and workflows to identify root causes.
  • Partner with Engineering to validate fixes and ensure high-quality resolutions.

Integration & Implementation Support

  • Support customers with API integrations, SSO/SAML setup, data ingestion pipelines, and security tool ecosystem connections.
  • Provide clear technical guidance and documentation.

Support Operations & Process Building

  • Establish ticketing workflows, SLAs, and escalation paths.
  • Create scalable processes, knowledge base articles, and internal playbooks to reduce repeat issues and improve response times.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with Technical Account Management and Sales Engineering during onboarding and expansion to ensure technical adoption and smooth handoffs.

Customer Insights & Product Feedback

  • Surface recurring issues, feature gaps, and field insights to Product and Engineering to influence roadmap prioritization and improve platform reliability.

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Ownership

  • 2–5+ years in Technical Support, Support Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or a related customer-facing technical role in SaaS.
  • Experience owning complex technical issues end-to-end.

Cybersecurity or Enterprise SaaS Exposure

  • Experience supporting security platforms, GRC tools, IT infrastructure, or data-driven SaaS products is strongly preferred.

Technical Fluency

  • Comfortable working with APIs, logs, JSON payloads, SSO (SAML/OIDC), and integration troubleshooting.
  • Ability to navigate technical documentation and reproduce customer environments.

Startup Agility

  • Experience in early-stage (Seed–Series C) or high-growth environments.
  • Comfortable building processes from scratch and operating with ambiguity.

Communication Excellence

  • Able to clearly translate technical findings into concise updates for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strong written documentation skills.

Ownership & Bias for Action

  • Self-starter who thrives in fast-paced environments, takes initiative, and is motivated by delivering exceptional customer outcomes.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Familiarity with SIEM, SOAR, IAM, or SAT platforms.
  • Hands-on scripting experience (Python, JavaScript, or similar).
  • Experience with support tooling (Zendesk, Jira, Intercom).
  • Security certifications (Security+, CCSP, CCSK, CISSP).

Compensation

  • Estimated salary range: $120,000 – $160,000/year.
  • Total compensation may also include equity and other potential incentives.
Skills
APIslogsJSONSSOSAMLOIDCSIEMSOARIAMPythonJavaScriptZendeskJiraIntercom
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